Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted October 9, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 9, 2020 "I only like fish that don't need water"
KingofSports Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 Did anyone else think Trump's 'team of doctors' looked like a bunch of WWF/WCW jobbers. I was half-expecting Madusa to appear & kick one of 'em in the bollocks.
The King Of Swing Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 If/when Trump loses I now have a mental image of Obama running up to Trump and kicking him in the bollocks. Obama then walks off into the sunset as copies of his birth certificate rain down on Trump's convulsing body.
Paid Members hallicks Posted October 14, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 14, 2020 Interesting read about a bunch of right-wing libertarians that essentially took over a small town in New Hampshire, and ended up being overrun by bears: https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project
dopper Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 If Trump loses the election by a wide margin, do you think the Republican Party will continue with the same ideas and stances that Trump has been coming out with? I have visions of them all pretending he was a loose cannon who didn't speak for the whole party, which would mean they are all just as scummy as he is for going along with him up to this point.
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 16, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 16, 2020 40 minutes ago, dopper said: If Trump loses the election by a wide margin, do you think the Republican Party will continue with the same ideas and stances that Trump has been coming out with? I have visions of them all pretending he was a loose cannon who didn't speak for the whole party, which would mean they are all just as scummy as he is for going along with him up to this point. I've had the impression since he got elected that the Republicans have backed him all the way simply because he's brazenly doing all the nasty shit they've wanted to do for ages but couldn't without getting kicked out of the House, while giving them the excuse to then chuck him later under the pretext that he was a loose cannon who didn't represent them really.
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 16, 2020 Moderators Posted October 16, 2020 2 hours ago, dopper said: If Trump loses the election by a wide margin, do you think the Republican Party will continue with the same ideas and stances that Trump has been coming out with? I have visions of them all pretending he was a loose cannon who didn't speak for the whole party, which would mean they are all just as scummy as he is for going along with him up to this point. They are already that scummy, you don't need this to prove it. That said, he has such a powerful cult of personality that I don't see him being completely abandoned by all Repub candidates because they rely on his base now for their continual re-election. So if they do or don't do it, either way it will only be guided by self serving expedience.
Guest Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 They've got the main thing they wanted out of Trump - hundreds of newly appointed conservative judges, in lifetime positions, after spending years blocking Obama from filling vacancies. Their ideology now controls the law of the land, whatever happens in this election. To keep their own cushy jobs they'll do what they've always done - see which way the wind is blowing and tell their voters what they want to hear, while enriching themselves and their mates with as much corruption as they can fit into their day.
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted October 16, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 16, 2020 Let's say Trump loses big. He goes off eventually and starts his own 24 hour news channel because he claims the "Lamestream Media" can't be trusted. That channel effectively becomes a 24/7 365 media buy for Republicans, kind of like Fox but on the really good steroids. Trump is the star of the channel, which is all he really wants anyway and anyone who wants to get elected from the right has to go on and get his endorsement. Provided he accepts the election result, which I have consistently said isn't a given. If he wins this happens 4 years from now provided he can't get enough votes to repeal the 22nd amendment that says a president can only serve two terms. Talk of that has already started.
dopper Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: They are already that scummy, you don't need this to prove it. I agree, but this would be a different kind of scumminess. To go along with the beliefs & ideas he is having right now is one thing. But if they do a 180 after he loses and say they were never on board with it and he wasn't speaking for the rest of the party, everybody guilty of that would be on another level. If it's a close result then I can see them sticking with Trump's narrative & ideas, but if he gets solidly smashed showing that a lot of his 2016 base has now switched over - I wonder if those left behind separate themselves from him.
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 16, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: If he wins this happens 4 years from now provided he can't get enough votes to repeal the 22nd amendment that says a president can only serve two terms. Talk of that has already started. It's virtually impossible to repeal an amendment and the President has no involvement in the process. To propose the repeal, you need either a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress, or a motion passed in two-thirds of state legislatures. Once you have the proposal, it needs to be backed by three-quarters of state legislatures. There's effectively zero chance one party would ever be able to do it without the other party's support.
Guest Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 They're a patient bunch. Given time and opportunity, they'll happily engineer themselves into a position where just the right people are in just the right places to pull it off. Plenty of what they've already done so far was considered safely guarded against by constitutional checks and balances, until they decided to just shamelessly work the system in whatever ways were necessary.
dopper Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 Today’s rally which just ended was an all-time Classic. All the video is as always on Aaron Rupar’s twitter feed ( @atrupar ) including this one: He was mocking Biden for saying he would listen to Dr. Fauci, going in to detail about how he would do favours for Exxon if they put $25m toward his campaign, and he did the dance again at the end. Other videos from today show him taking the piss out of reporters like this: Certainly comes across like he realises he’s only got two weeks left in the job and is going out with all guns blazing!
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted October 20, 2020 Awards Moderator Posted October 20, 2020 Or that he’s so sure he’s not leaving he’s doing and saying whatever he likes, safe in the knowledge he won’t lose a single vote for it.
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